larrys's review
5.0
The six-year-old's favourite. She loves the expressions on the animals' faces, which manage to be both comical and realistic at the same time. It's really quite a feat.
chrisistrangerthanu's review
5.0
This was the only book I bought when I was pregnant with my daughter. It was my favourite book as a kid, I have many fond memories of reading it with my mum, then later reading it to my little sister. My daughter is looking to love it as much as I do, being very fond of belting out her own toddler version on the song as we go along.
What I love about this book the most is the illustrations mixed with the distinct personality of each character. There's so much opportunity to play act and change my voice while reading it, which I love. It is an iconic book for a reason.
What I love about this book the most is the illustrations mixed with the distinct personality of each character. There's so much opportunity to play act and change my voice while reading it, which I love. It is an iconic book for a reason.
emkoshka's review
3.0
Reread on 21 October 2017.
Read with my Turkish host family's children. The 3-year-old loved this one so much that he dragged me to the piano after the first reading to play him the 'Wombat Stew' song. Then he made me read it another four times over the course of the morning. After reading it word for word the first two times, I made up my own versions the next three times and improved it with some rhythmic rhymes, eg. 'bugs and slugs and witchety grubs'. It was a thrill for me to see an Australian children's book received so well by a Turkish child!
Original review from 29 October 2013:
A fun one to read aloud with children, who'll love the catchy wombat stew chant. Every Australian child encounters this book at some point, it seems. Why wombat doesn't just amble away while dingo's attention is elsewhere beats me, but then there wouldn't be a story, I guess!
Read with my Turkish host family's children. The 3-year-old loved this one so much that he dragged me to the piano after the first reading to play him the 'Wombat Stew' song. Then he made me read it another four times over the course of the morning. After reading it word for word the first two times, I made up my own versions the next three times and improved it with some rhythmic rhymes, eg. 'bugs and slugs and witchety grubs'. It was a thrill for me to see an Australian children's book received so well by a Turkish child!
Original review from 29 October 2013:
A fun one to read aloud with children, who'll love the catchy wombat stew chant. Every Australian child encounters this book at some point, it seems. Why wombat doesn't just amble away while dingo's attention is elsewhere beats me, but then there wouldn't be a story, I guess!
le_fromage_en_fue's review
5.0
A fun read. I am confused, however, by the constant references to the dingo as a 'clever' animal. Are we as the readers privy to the dingo's self-perception? Is it a stereotype of dingos as an animal group? Or is this particular dingo normally of above average intellectual abilities? This later answer, if correct, would make the other animals ability to dupe the dingo on this occasion an interesting phenomenon.
nnecatrix's review
3.0
Book #46 for 2013
This clever little tale is not terribly unlike The Gruffalo. It may be a little predictable for older children, but it's probably a lot of fun for little ones. And the Aussie slang is cool.
This clever little tale is not terribly unlike The Gruffalo. It may be a little predictable for older children, but it's probably a lot of fun for little ones. And the Aussie slang is cool.
persephone_'s review
3.0
I have read this so many times I've lost count to the kids at school. They absolutely adore it! The words, they rhyming, the pictures, all of it! Me myself, I've never read this until this year and it's an okay book for me. But considering it's for the kids who cares about my opinion! Kids love this.
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